Erin Barr Fall 2013 collection, inspired by her time spent at her family’s cabin in Northern Wisconsin.     [Photo Credit:...

It was all high-impact, mega-glam looks for Gilles Mendel this time, as he cited German artist Gerhard Richter as his inspiration. The colors are rich and earthy and the tone is pure luxury; a melding of “rich bitch” and some sort of fur-bedecked Germanic nature goddess. Some...

Bibhu Mohapatra took his inspiration from Man Ray’s images for his fall collection and the results are stark, boldly graphic, cast with shadows, and tinged with a a very pared-down (or in some cases, exaggerated) take on 1920s and 1930s shapes.  It’s a pleasing blend of bohemian and...

  Another collection that we would, if we were kings of the world, force lady stars to wear on the red carpet. Reem Acra’s fall 2013, inspired by photos Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama took of women in fishnet stockings, is darkly sexy and dramatic as hell. We’ll take...

The Blonds Fall 2013 Collection inspired by classic Hollywood horror films.     [Photo Credit: The...

Custo Barcelona Fall 2013 Collection inspired by “Beauty and the Beast.”     [Photo Credit:...

  “Savile Row meets Ivy League.” You don’t get more upscale than that. This collection of tweedy, argyle preppiness from Tommy Hilfiger is fun, cute and tinged with an unexpected Britishness, with a ton of covetable pieces to be found throughout. It brought smiles to...

Catherine Malandrino Fall 2013 Collection titled ‘Le Normandie’ inspired by French Art Deco and the elegant lines of Ruhlmann.     [Photo Credit: Catherine...

Mr. Browne knows the value of theatricality, both in clothing and in how that clothing is presented to the public as a collection. Male models were blindfolded and bound with red ribbons to minimalist bedframes, as female models silently and slowly walked around them, caressing them with red...

Inspired by the Byzantine Empire and Erté’s illustrations from the twenties, Naeem Khan offered up opulence and luxury in a dazzling succession of capes, embroideries, crystal beading and MEGA-glamour. We wanted to urge all the ladystars sitting in the tent to make sure to pick at least...

  There are far, far more competent trend forecasters out there than us, and if you really want to keep your finger on What’s Next, you’d do well to consult them, but it seemed to us, this season, that the trend is moving definitively toward silhouette. We’re heading...

Vivienne Tam Fall 2013 Collection inspired by the premise of Pop Art and the conceptual underpinnings of the punk movement.     [Photo Credit:...

Rachel Zoe Fall 2013 collection inspired by English equestrian and Seventies glamour.     [Photo Credit:...

  A Chado Ralph Rucci show starts with a hush, and ends with a standing ovation. He doesn’t care for trends, red carpets or magazine covers, but he has a rabidly supportive fan and customer base, eager to wear his gorgeous, impeccably crafted pieces – and having seen these...

  It’s kind of hard to picture a John Galliano/Oscar de la Renta melding of aesthetics, but The Master asked Galliano to come in and wave his Galliano hands over this collection to see what would happen. The result is still very Oscar, but with an undeniably Parisian feel to it....

    Carolina Herrera added a slight 1940s flair to this, her fall 2013– You know what? We’re just gonna shut up. Here’s your Pretty of the Day, darlings. Go fantasy shopping. Make up events in your life that will require you to wear hooded gowns. Pretend everyone...

Nautica Fall 2013 Collection titled ‘Black Sail’ inspired by the seafaring expeditions of Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.     [Photo Credit:...

If there’s any designer who has the right to plumb the depths of Studio 54 for inspiration, it’s Diane von Furstenberg, who spent many a night in the famous disco herself, back in the day. For this collection, entitled, “Effortless Glamour”, DVF returned to the disco...

Inspired by Francisco de Goya’s “Portrait of Maria Teresa de Vallabriga on Horseback,” and bearing the Marchesa brand name, this collection was bound to be opulent and romantic, and it definitely did not disappoint on either front. It’s never subtle or underplayed with Marchesa;...

Christian Siriano Fall 2013 collection inspired by the Golden Age of the Russian Opera and the lavish interiors of The Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.     [Photo Credit:...

Badgley Mischka Fall 2013 Collection inspired by film noir and Alfred Hitchcock’s femme fatales.     [Photo Credit:...